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Title Rocky Knob Trail Lodge
Title Note Parking area site - buildings to be removed
Date October 1942
Description Image shows a group of houses and residential buildings that will be removed to create a parking area at the proposed site of the Rocky Knob Trail Lodge. The houses sit at the bottom of a hill with trees surrounding them, and a car and two people are visible in the lower right corner of the photograph. Image taken by M.J.O. in October 1942. Image taken near milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual M.J.O.
Tags Automobiles
Floyd County (Va.)
Park lodging facilities
People
Photographs
Proposed sites
Residential building
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway